Would a Cassegrain work? Probably not cost effective though... On Sep 30, 2016 1:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not sure there is anyone stopping it. Kinda hard to patent tower mounting > hardware. > > *From:* Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 12:51 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE > > Or were you serious? If I have access to machine tools can I make > licensed knockoffs of M-TOW? > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: 9/30/2016 2:50:14 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE > > > Write it with a crayon on the back of your Burger King napkin. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 9/30/2016 2:49:34 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE > > > I will sell you a license today! > > *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm > *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 12:31 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE > > i cant wait til 3d printers do galavanized steel. mccown tech can > eliminate the hateful vendors, just purchase a 3 unit license from the > website and install your mtow > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sounds like 3D printing is the direction people are going for one-offs. >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Cameron Crum" <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 9/30/2016 2:02:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >> >> >> When I was building slotted waveguide antennas for our network, we needed >> a way to seal up the slots so the rain wouldn't fill the antennas faster >> than a weep hole could drain it. I found that 3M made some heat shrink >> tubing that just fit over the size of tubing I was using. After heat >> shrinking the stick, we would dip the ends in "plastidip". Never had a >> leak. I wonder if you just needed to hand make a couple dipole or patch >> array antennas, if dipping them in plastidip wouldn't be a decent option. >> Obviously it would be labor and time intensive for production, but for a >> couple one-offs, why not? >> >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The antenna is the easy part, the case and mounting are more difficult >>> and expensive. Tooling alone for a new antenna case is easily $10K+. >>> >>> *From:* Adam Moffett >>> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:40 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >>> >>> Yup. They have an array of metal circles on a board connected to each >>> other by traces. >>> >>> What about a cheaper external antenna? The price to beat is $120. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: 9/30/2016 12:37:35 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >>> >>> >>> Yeah, that will be an array of patches inside. Hard to couple to with >>> any efficiency. >>> >>> *From:* Adam Moffett >>> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:34 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >>> >>> Like a 45 slant 15dbi panel. >>> a 10" x 10" diamond with flattened corners. >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: 9/30/2016 12:33:37 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >>> >>> >>> What does the CPE look like? >>> >>> *From:* Adam Moffett >>> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:29 AM >>> *To:* Animal Farm >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >>> >>> I want to narrow the radiation pattern on Wimax CPE in order to reduce >>> interference. Higher gain is a bonus, but mostly I want to tune out >>> interference from other base stations and thereby improve CINR. >>> >>> Right now all I've got is I can put an external antenna on with coax >>> jumpers. A dish with a significantly narrower pattern than the integrated >>> panel is $120-$140 from KP Performance, plus the cost of the coax jumpers >>> and the labor to seal them. >>> >>> I'm really missing the Canopy stingers and reflectors right now. If I >>> could slip something on for $50 I'd be all over it like white on rice. I'd >>> also just settle for a cheaper external antenna. >>> >>> Any brilliant ideas? >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >
